Western Africa

Western Africa

Population

356,471,795

Living Languages

886

Institutional: 57, Developing: 222, Vigorous: 495, In Trouble: 63, Dying: 49

For categories, see Development and Endangerment.

Benin

Population

10,900,000

Living Languages

55

Languages by Status

Institutional

8

Developing

21

Vigorous

24

In Trouble

1

Dying

1

Burkina Faso

Population

19,034,000

Living Languages

71

Languages by Status

Institutional

3

Developing

25

Vigorous

28

In Trouble

13

Dying

2

Cape Verde Islands

Population

527,000

Living Languages

2

Languages by Status

Institutional

2

Developing

0

Vigorous

0

In Trouble

0

Dying

0

Côte d’Ivoire

Population

23,900,000

Living Languages

85

Languages by Status

Institutional

4

Developing

36

Vigorous

36

In Trouble

7

Dying

2

Gambia

Population

2,051,000

Living Languages

11

Languages by Status

Institutional

3

Developing

2

Vigorous

4

In Trouble

1

Dying

1

Ghana

Population

27,670,000

Living Languages

81

Languages by Status

Institutional

13

Developing

46

Vigorous

15

In Trouble

7

Dying

0

Guinea

Population

12,092,000

Living Languages

36

Languages by Status

Institutional

5

Developing

11

Vigorous

16

In Trouble

2

Dying

2

Guinea-Bissau

Population

1,759,000

Living Languages

23

Languages by Status

Institutional

1

Developing

8

Vigorous

9

In Trouble

3

Dying

2

Liberia

Population

4,500,000

Living Languages

31

Languages by Status

Institutional

2

Developing

18

Vigorous

10

In Trouble

0

Dying

1

Mali

Population

16,313,000

Living Languages

68

Languages by Status

Institutional

8

Developing

18

Vigorous

36

In Trouble

6

Dying

0

Mauritania

Population

4,166,000

Living Languages

7

Languages by Status

Institutional

3

Developing

3

Vigorous

0

In Trouble

0

Dying

1

Niger

Population

19,245,000

Living Languages

23

Languages by Status

Institutional

5

Developing

7

Vigorous

9

In Trouble

2

Dying

0

Nigeria

Population

186,000,000

Living Languages

519

Languages by Status

Institutional

19

Developing

78

Vigorous

348

In Trouble

30

Dying

44

Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

Population

7,795

Living Languages

1

Languages by Status

Institutional

1

Developing

0

Vigorous

0

In Trouble

0

Dying

0

Senegal

Population

14,669,000

Living Languages

38

Languages by Status

Institutional

3

Developing

18

Vigorous

7

In Trouble

8

Dying

2

Sierra Leone

Population

6,038,000

Living Languages

24

Languages by Status

Institutional

6

Developing

13

Vigorous

2

In Trouble

1

Dying

2

Togo

Population

7,600,000

Living Languages

44

Languages by Status

Institutional

4

Developing

22

Vigorous

16

In Trouble

2

Dying

0

Browse Countries

Benin	Ghana	Mali	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
Burkina Faso	Guinea	Mauritania	Senegal
Cape Verde Islands	Guinea-Bissau	Niger	Sierra Leone
Côte d’Ivoire	Liberia	Nigeria	Togo
Gambia